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On Dartmoor, love and family secrets share a landscape of granite, bogs and mist.
Eve, a Gothic romance by Sabine Baring-Gould, takes you into the lonely moorland of Devon. Granite tors rise above wide slopes, sudden weather changes the scene, and old stone circles mark the land. This is more than a backdrop: the moor shapes the lives of those who call it home.
Love, secrets and the price of freedom lie at the heart of this Victorian romance. The pull of personal desire meets the weight of family, rank and custom. Baring-Gould brings his close knowledge of Devon to a world where place matters, family histories cast shadows, and freedom raises the question of what must be given up.
What you’ll discover
- A moor with presence Enter a landscape of granite outcrops, empty slopes and mist that shapes human lives.
- Love within limits Explore the tension between what a heart wants and what its community allows.
- The shadow of secrets Feel the unease of family histories that weigh upon the present.
- The cost of freedom Consider what independence can mean when home, safety and good standing are at stake.
- Atmosphere worth lingering in Settle into a Victorian romance where wild surroundings and strong feeling invite unhurried attention.
Who will love it
Readers drawn to Gothic romance, wild Devon landscapes, family secrets and old folklore will love this novel. It suits those who enjoy stories about sisters, with music and theatre in the background.
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- A stranger demands his runaway daughter back
- Two sisters meet a ghost hunt on the moor
- A charming stranger takes a ring and a kiss
- Barbara nurses a man with a dangerous secret
- Jasper offers work in place of lost money
- A ride to Buckfastleigh meets a miser
- Eve meets a pixy and finds a chest
- Blood and inheritance shadow every family
- Looks mislead and patient love learns to see
- Folklore, comedy and symbols shape the telling
Who’s who
- Eve JordanThe lovely, changeable younger daughter of Morwell, who hates chores, loves music, and dreams of the stage and a life beyond the moor.
- Barbara JordanEve's older half-sister, practical, honest and hard-working, who runs the farm and house and fiercely protects her sister.
- Ignatius JordanThe anxious, eccentric master of Morwell, who hunts for metal in the rocks and clings to his love for a lost wife.
- Jasper BabbA gentle, educated man who arrives injured and offers to work as steward to repay a lost debt, while keeping a secret.
- Ezekiel BabbA stern, miserly cloth maker from Buckfastleigh who borrows money from Jordan and hates the foreign blood he married into.
- MartinA handsome, vain young traveller who takes what he wants, uses charm as a weapon and pursues Eve with theatrical flattery.
- WattA small, mocking boy with a fiddle who plays the pixy, carries messages for Martin and stirs trouble wherever he goes.
- Mr. CoysheA boastful young surgeon at Beer Alston who dreams of fame in London and finds Eve's beauty and fortune convenient.
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Ève
by S. Baring-Gould · 1888
A debt falls due in seventeen years at a Dartmoor manor, where two sisters share a roof with a stranger.
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What would you give to buy a blessing for your baby daughter? In Eve, a frightened man called Ignatius Jordan lends fifteen hundred pounds to a stranger who has just cursed the child.
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A stranger demands his runaway daughter back
The book opens on the twenty-fourth of June, in the old hall of Morwell House beside the River Tamar. Ignatius Jordan sits cleaning a gun, sweating and shaking, while a baby sleeps in a cradle at his feet. A visitor appears in the doorway and calls out the name of Eve.
The visitor is Ezekiel Babb, a stern cloth maker, and he has come for his daughter, who is also called Eve. She is gone, Jordan tells him, and she will never come back. Babb answers with a storm of Bible texts about foreign blood and wayward women. The window throws the shadow of a black cross on the wall.
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Baring-Gould, Sabine. Eve. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/eve.
Baring-Gould, S. (2026). Eve. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/eve (Original work published 1888)
Baring-Gould, Sabine. Eve. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/eve.
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What is the book Eve by S. Baring-Gould about?
It is a Gothic romance set on Dartmoor and the River Tamar. A loan sworn over a baby's cradle comes due seventeen years later, and the story follows two half-sisters, a wounded stranger and a charming rogue.
Who are Eve and Barbara in the novel?
They are half-sisters at Morwell House. Eve is the beautiful, dreamy younger one who longs for music and the stage. Barbara is the practical elder who runs the farm, looks after everyone and guards family secrets.
What are the Whish Hounds in Eve?
They are a Devon legend about spectral hounds that chase the wicked Squire Copplestone across the moor on stormy nights. Eve tells the tale to frighten Barbara, just before riders thunder out of the dark.
The author
Sabine Baring-Gould
1834–1924 · English novelist and folklorist
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) was an English clergyman, novelist, antiquarian and collector of folk songs. He was born in Exeter and later lived at Lewtrenchard in Devon, where he died. His writings included The Book of Were-Wolves, published in 1865, and the novel Grettir the Outlaw, published in 1890.
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